Looking over the posts, it occurred to me that there are some unusual Usernames used here. I wondered what may be the story behind them.
What significance does your username have?
Mine is fear dearg.
"The Fear Dearg, pronounced far darrig - 'Red Man' was the practical joker of the fairy realm. He always dressed in red and played many morbid tricks upon unsuspecting mortals. He preferred to work alone."
"who "busies himself with practical joking, especially with gruesome joking".
"slouching, jeering, mischievous phantom"
Except for the fairy part and red attire, that's me.
Ailin is the celtic version of my name, which is Alan. Alan was used, so I opted for Ailin, and the system took it. I find "creative" usernames irritating, but that's just a pet peeve of mine. On any website I have ever joined, I have always just used my name. I'm rather attached to it, as it happens.
Although I have never played a bodhran in my life I used the name Bodhranbliss because when I came on the the site it was full of "can I be part of the gang" attitudes, such as attacking bodhrans, The Chieftains, Tuners, and Riverdance in no particular order.
I've explained mine before; it's all about the latest revelation on playing my concertina. I've struggled for years to figure out how to get tight triplets on the weakest fingers of my left hand. I finally found the button I was searching for that made this possible, but the odd thing is -- it doesn't exist. It is in fact a "phantom button." It is something that can be seen or heard or whose presence can be felt, but it isn't physically present. Kind of like me in these threads I suppose.
I used to have the name Plucker which was subliminally inspired by the Adge Cutler song "I'm not a pheasant plucker but a pheasant plucker's son". I'm glad I changed it - I wouldn't want to be a Bernard Matthews plucker right now.
I placed the one and only bid on a guitar shaped fiddle and won it on ebay.....my curvy fiddle......(also nicknamed Dolly).....and since it's the instrument I play....it's the username I chose.
I started playing B/C box about four years ago, to complement my efforts on tenor banjo. It's going to take a lot more than four years for me to become really fluent...nearer a million years in fact.
That's not what your bio says bliss. Mind you, I do play bodhran but it doesn't say so in my bio.
I wanted to use my own name but someone already has it as a username, and I have never ever seen them post. So I chose curlew, as they could be seen and heard in the spring on the farm where I lived, and they do evoke remoteness.
I myself like quiet, peaceful places you see.
I've since moved to the coast and I hear them most days now.
I teach high school history classes (Well, most days I do. today I've been laid up with flu and hallucinating about teaching.) Anyways, it occurred to me that I needed a readily memorable email address so the whipper snappers could contact me directly w/o phoning. I choose "wormdiet@. . . ." because they were working on a project about Martin Luther at the time. This was 5 years ago. The students moved on but the name stuck.
Hmmm.. I really don't know how Fiddlinviolinin came to be..
I THINK it was 'cause I was making a new screen name at the time and I was thinking "Fiddlin" something and so since Fiddlin is Fiddle.. Violinin is to Violin!
I live in a mansion with a cave in the basement; I fight crime and bring evil-doers to justice. I have gauntlets that allow me to zap shady characters who call tunes " songs" and who learn their tunes off Lunasa CDs. Or play bodhrans without properly acknowledge the essential superiority of the melody players. I really look great in a black vinyl catsuit.
Yeah, really, I've seen Batlady with her full kit on... She's one mean dude and the bad guys all scatter before her... I think it is her supersonic singing that really has them scattering though, oh my aching tinnitis... The catsuit, now that's just plain sexxxxy...
Um. Sunnybear, is the cat a favorite because it is dead (no more shredded furniture, hairballs, etc.) or WAS a favorite and has now passed on to the great sunny windowsill in the sky? Just curious.
I used to play lead guitar in a Grateful Dead cover band and the lead singer dubbed me "Crazy Fingers", which is the name of a Grateful Dead song that I like a lot. The name stuck with me into my current band (Craic Wisely) in which I play mandolin and fiddle.
I don't think anyone cares, but as I'm bored, my nickname is my name, a name in Catalan, which is like Peter in English. Boring, I know, but that's just how I am.
I don't see the connection between a diet of worms and Martin Luther but the name certainly sticks.
I chose mine because I can remember it. It's the first letters of my last name and I used them when I wrote for the local paper.
I don't know. I wanted to sign up and make a comment and I was too impatient (and dense) to think of something clever and it just came to me. It seemed ironically self-deprecating, since Bob is such a common name. My son suggested Smeghead, which he assured me is a term of endearment and respect, but I thought that would be too pompous.
No significance at all. I just picked something that was completely different from my real name. Kennedy sounded Irish enough, and Robert Kennedy is my hero anyway, so I figured it would work.
Well, my initial is T, and my last name is Wildman (pronounced like "policeman" or "fireman", but with a "wild" instead). I have had lots of fun with that name, and no, don't bother; you cannot come up with a riff on it that is original.
Terry
There´s nothing cryptic about my username. It combines the first syllable of my name with a reference to the instrument I play (concertina).
I had thought of ´Murf the Surf` ( an Australian disc jockey I believe) but it seemed a bit phoney because I don´t surf (although my sons do !).
Throughout school I was known as Spud, but I thought that was too much of a blast from the past.
I had a look at the number of Murphys in the members section and was amazed. Not many of them are active, though.
I guess I'm not all that original.....the first part of my username is actually my name, and the last part is because I play violin, and somehow the combination seemed to fit!
Morning star, I don't see how you are "even" with feardearg as we still know nothing about you.
Batlady, you are particularly on form today.
kennedy, I always thought you were the famous quirky concert violinist who dropped his first name (Nigel) for some years.
My name comes either from my habit of not remembering to change strings often enough, or from being senior to your average plucker. It just seemed to have a good ring to it, like my banjo.
We meet again, oldstrings.
What is this, true confessions?
I love to look up at Venus whilst tunes are raging thru my head.
Bothy Band played Morning Star ya know.... they're my heroes.
Fisarmonicha is just the italian word for accordion. My father was born just outside of Castel Fidardo Italy (Fano). He didn't play box; however he did noodle on the harmonica when putting me to sleep as a baby. So I guess I've been listening to free-reed instruments most of my life.
I'm a fiddler, so that's where "nofrets" comes from. It's also my personality. Don't take many things too seriously. Just do my best, and don't have high expectations of others. You can only control yourself anyway. Seems to be a decent formula for being happy.
I've often wondered how long the longest discussion on here could be.. so although I seldom contribute myself I feel oddly inclined to do so now, simply to give this particular discussion a chance at the gold medal (mustard medal?). Quoting from my bio, I'm not Alyson Hannigan; I just think she's cute.
Mine is Madame Bonaparte and I used it cos I was stuck for inspiration and opened up O'Neills and it fell open on the page that particular tune was on; besides which it has romantic , historic connotations and is a nice tune to boot!
NOT the longest thread ever.... and yes, i know it's a terrible username...I would really like to change it but i'm feeling particularly brain dead at the moment and cannot think of anything better. maybe i will start another discussion and ask for everyones' advice on a "cool" username.
I used to play in a folk/rock band and we played for a lot of ceilidhs. Our parting shot was to hold a dancing competition of fiddle versus dancers. The last one still going after five rounds of a tune won a massive bar of chocolate. What the dancers didn't realise was that I was never going to let that chocolate escape and therefore the tune got faster and faster until there was not one dancer still standing. At which point the fire extinguishers were brought on to put out the burning bow. Simple really!
Drone: the somewhat pointless male (bee) sponges off the hive until the queen uses him for her own selfish sexual purposes, and then, unprepared to the utmost, he is driven out to his impending death. Also a single (mono) tone that goes on and on... and on ...and on... I could go on, but...
Mine would be a reference to my hair color and temperament. Fiery and feisty.
Yes, the setting that I am playing, of your favorite tune, is THE definitive one that was handed down for 100 generations ;0)
I am (was) a right handed fiddler. Had to quit playing for a while because of a focal dystonia problem.
Switched hands and started all over again.
So I'm a lefty now.
Let's keep this going a bit longer. We haven't even had half the regular posters in here yet
Mine is boring but with a name like mine you don't need a nickname
fair enough donough!
me? well, i didnt want to use my own name but (like many others) i happen to lack imagination when trying to sign up for stuff... so it's leenie, short for kathleen, which my friends have called me ever since they found out that was my name instead of what most school ppl call me....
lost yet? sorry, my typing is like that! keep the long post going
and ptarmy, if this isnt the longest post, what is? im curious!
Well, the last 2 letters have changed several times to indicate where I'm living at the moment. I actually had to look up my own profile to remember my current one how to log on. Sad. Have to come up with a new one for Baltimore soon...
leenie - the longest post must surely be "Dose anyone like bodhrans" which entertained us all in December. Consequently lots of threads started off with "Dose..." - your chance to add the one thousand and fifty-fourth comment (!) at http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/11933
"Watch out for the Joes. They live down near the river. The father is called Humpy Joe and he has horns coming out of his head. His eldest son is called Ampy Joe, he's the best of them. But you wouldn't want to meet Humpy - so STAY AWAY FROM THE RIVER!"
Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
Looking over the posts, it occurred to me that there are some unusual Usernames used here. I wondered what may be the story behind them.
What significance does your username have?
Mine is fear dearg.
"The Fear Dearg, pronounced far darrig - 'Red Man' was the practical joker of the fairy realm. He always dressed in red and played many morbid tricks upon unsuspecting mortals. He preferred to work alone."
"who "busies himself with practical joking, especially with gruesome joking".
"slouching, jeering, mischievous phantom"
Except for the fairy part and red attire, that's me.
What is your story. I have become very curious.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by feardearg
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Ailin is the celtic version of my name, which is Alan. Alan was used, so I opted for Ailin, and the system took it. I find "creative" usernames irritating, but that's just a pet peeve of mine. On any website I have ever joined, I have always just used my name. I'm rather attached to it, as it happens.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by Ailin
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Although I have never played a bodhran in my life I used the name Bodhranbliss because when I came on the the site it was full of "can I be part of the gang" attitudes, such as attacking bodhrans, The Chieftains, Tuners, and Riverdance in no particular order.
I actually play the pipes.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by bodhran bliss
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I've explained mine before; it's all about the latest revelation on playing my concertina. I've struggled for years to figure out how to get tight triplets on the weakest fingers of my left hand. I finally found the button I was searching for that made this possible, but the odd thing is -- it doesn't exist. It is in fact a "phantom button." It is something that can be seen or heard or whose presence can be felt, but it isn't physically present. Kind of like me in these threads I suppose.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by Phantom Button
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I used to have the name Plucker which was subliminally inspired by the Adge Cutler song "I'm not a pheasant plucker but a pheasant plucker's son". I'm glad I changed it - I wouldn't want to be a Bernard Matthews plucker right now.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by RichardB
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I placed the one and only bid on a guitar shaped fiddle and won it on ebay.....my curvy fiddle......(also nicknamed Dolly).....and since it's the instrument I play....it's the username I chose.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by FiddleFancy
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I was boring and used my name. I then realised it wasn't necessarily a good idea - I haven't been involved in any spats online yet... but....
Besides - isn't it refreshing to have at least one session-orger not hiding behind a marvel comic type username?
OK... I admit it - I can't think of anything witty enough... happy now?
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by ceoltoir2010
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I started playing B/C box about four years ago, to complement my efforts on tenor banjo. It's going to take a lot more than four years for me to become really fluent...nearer a million years in fact.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by millionyears_bc
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That's not what your bio says bliss. Mind you, I do play bodhran but it doesn't say so in my bio.
I wanted to use my own name but someone already has it as a username, and I have never ever seen them post. So I chose curlew, as they could be seen and heard in the spring on the farm where I lived, and they do evoke remoteness.
I myself like quiet, peaceful places you see.
I've since moved to the coast and I hear them most days now.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by curlew
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This is great! I am really enjoying the posts. Great stories! More fun than the work I should be doing.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by feardearg
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I teach high school history classes (Well, most days I do. today I've been laid up with flu and hallucinating about teaching.) Anyways, it occurred to me that I needed a readily memorable email address so the whipper snappers could contact me directly w/o phoning. I choose "wormdiet@. . . ." because they were working on a project about Martin Luther at the time. This was 5 years ago. The students moved on but the name stuck.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by wormdiet
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My name is really Erik, but that username was taken so I added an "r"... odd, I know
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by errik
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Hmmm.. I really don't know how Fiddlinviolinin came to be..
I THINK it was 'cause I was making a new screen name at the time and I was thinking "Fiddlin" something and so since Fiddlin is Fiddle.. Violinin is to Violin!
Cheers,
Armand
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by armandale
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I live in a mansion with a cave in the basement; I fight crime and bring evil-doers to justice. I have gauntlets that allow me to zap shady characters who call tunes " songs" and who learn their tunes off Lunasa CDs. Or play bodhrans without properly acknowledge the essential superiority of the melody players. I really look great in a black vinyl catsuit.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by Michele Sims
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That would be "acknowledging"....
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by Michele Sims
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Yeah, really, I've seen Batlady with her full kit on... She's one mean dude and the bad guys all scatter before her... I think it is her supersonic singing that really has them scattering though, oh my aching tinnitis... The catsuit, now that's just plain sexxxxy...
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by ceolachan
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Batlady I always thought you were cool......
I love it when there are other females at a session besides just me.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by morning star
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Morning star - a user name that I have wondered about for a while.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by feardearg
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I play music in many different keys, I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and I am 17 and a half years old, as you all know.
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by Rudall the time
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richard is my first name and rua is the colour of my hair.
In secondary school (a few years ago now!) I was briefly known as rua-ster (rooster) coz the lads had learnt this Irish word....
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by richrua
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My initials are D R and I have a Norn Irish accent
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by deeor
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Well, I don't think my username isn't particularly unique, but it fits. I love everything celtic, and I'm a young woman.
Sara
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by Celtic Lass
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Ha.... well I've pondered feardearg too........ so we're even!
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by morning star
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name of my favorite (dead) cat
# Posted on February 9th 2007 by Sunnybear
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Um. Sunnybear, is the cat a favorite because it is dead (no more shredded furniture, hairballs, etc.) or WAS a favorite and has now passed on to the great sunny windowsill in the sky? Just curious.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Michele Sims
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For a lark
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Linsey Doyle
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I used to play lead guitar in a Grateful Dead cover band and the lead singer dubbed me "Crazy Fingers", which is the name of a Grateful Dead song that I like a lot. The name stuck with me into my current band (Craic Wisely) in which I play mandolin and fiddle.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by timmy!
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I don't think anyone cares, but as I'm bored, my nickname is my name, a name in Catalan, which is like Peter in English. Boring, I know, but that's just how I am.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Pere
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I don't see the connection between a diet of worms and Martin Luther but the name certainly sticks.
I chose mine because I can remember it. It's the first letters of my last name and I used them when I wrote for the local paper.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by kuec
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"I don't see the connection between a diet of worms and Martin Luther"
kuec. Try thinking in your native language not in english
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by deeor
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My real name is mFxa and I like anagrams.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by cyber-bullying is a criminal offence
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I'm sorry, I just don't understand the question. Is this a wind up?
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Will Harmon
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So does Will: that means his real name is Ham Ill Worn.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Michele Sims
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I don't know. I wanted to sign up and make a comment and I was too impatient (and dense) to think of something clever and it just came to me. It seemed ironically self-deprecating, since Bob is such a common name. My son suggested Smeghead, which he assured me is a term of endearment and respect, but I thought that would be too pompous.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Bob himself
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No significance at all. I just picked something that was completely different from my real name. Kennedy sounded Irish enough, and Robert Kennedy is my hero anyway, so I figured it would work.
It kinda feels like my name now, though...
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by kennedy
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I hunt for antiques at flea markets and yard sales, therefore I am Antikhntr. (Antique Hunter)
Mary
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Antikhntr
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Well, my initial is T, and my last name is Wildman (pronounced like "policeman" or "fireman", but with a "wild" instead). I have had lots of fun with that name, and no, don't bother; you cannot come up with a riff on it that is original.
Terry
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by twildman
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There´s nothing cryptic about my username. It combines the first syllable of my name with a reference to the instrument I play (concertina).
I had thought of ´Murf the Surf` ( an Australian disc jockey I believe) but it seemed a bit phoney because I don´t surf (although my sons do !).
Throughout school I was known as Spud, but I thought that was too much of a blast from the past.
I had a look at the number of Murphys in the members section and was amazed. Not many of them are active, though.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by murfbox
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I guess I'm not all that original.....the first part of my username is actually my name, and the last part is because I play violin, and somehow the combination seemed to fit!
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Beccavio
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batlady...he was my soulmate...one cool cat!!! ....he is definitley in the sunny windowsill.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Sunnybear
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Please see my profile for an explanation.
BTW, since there are now at least 33338 Members, this could become the longest thread yet.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Trevor Jennings
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Morning star, I don't see how you are "even" with feardearg as we still know nothing about you.
Batlady, you are particularly on form today.
kennedy, I always thought you were the famous quirky concert violinist who dropped his first name (Nigel) for some years.
My name comes either from my habit of not remembering to change strings often enough, or from being senior to your average plucker. It just seemed to have a good ring to it, like my banjo.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by oldstrings
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Just a fairly accurate description really.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by mcknowall
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We meet again, oldstrings.
What is this, true confessions?
I love to look up at Venus whilst tunes are raging thru my head.
Bothy Band played Morning Star ya know.... they're my heroes.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by morning star
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fidkid - I play fiddle. I'm immature.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by fidkid
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Fisarmonicha is just the italian word for accordion. My father was born just outside of Castel Fidardo Italy (Fano). He didn't play box; however he did noodle on the harmonica when putting me to sleep as a baby. So I guess I've been listening to free-reed instruments most of my life.
Raymond
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Lint - upon - Tweed
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It's my last name.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Farr
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A good start, morning star.
Unfortunately, most of my confessions are false.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by oldstrings
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ceol= Irish word for music
gaelach=genetive singular tense of gael
gael= Irish word for Irishman or Irishwoman
Ceolgaelach= Music of the Irishman/Irishwoman
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by ceolgaelach
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Mine means fiddle player in Mongolian. I was a Peace Corps volunteer there.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Kheelch
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I'm a fiddler, so that's where "nofrets" comes from. It's also my personality. Don't take many things too seriously. Just do my best, and don't have high expectations of others. You can only control yourself anyway. Seems to be a decent formula for being happy.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by nofrets
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Ummmm .....
(I just want to contribute to the longest thread EVER!)
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by John Culhane
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Interesting, by the way. I always assumed feardearg was some sort of personal play on feadóg.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by fidkid
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Mine's not interesting at all, but like John Culhane said, I just wanted to contribute to what could possibly be a really long thread.
So, I've been using my name as an email address for the last five years (and I'm 37 yrs old now).
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by irishfiddler32
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As Popeye was fond of saying: " I yam who I yam".
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by ed veras
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My name is Greg and I tune pianos as a sideline.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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I've often wondered how long the longest discussion on here could be.. so although I seldom contribute myself I feel oddly inclined to do so now, simply to give this particular discussion a chance at the gold medal (mustard medal?). Quoting from my bio, I'm not Alyson Hannigan; I just think she's cute.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by f
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I'm gradually dragging my sax and recorder playing brother to the dark side. Playing whistle irish wise. Small goals are important too
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by whistlers brother
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Longest thread ever... hmph!
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Phantom Button
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Mine is Madame Bonaparte and I used it cos I was stuck for inspiration and opened up O'Neills and it fell open on the page that particular tune was on; besides which it has romantic , historic connotations and is a nice tune to boot!
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by madame bonaparte
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er - total lack of imagination?
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by c.g.
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I forget, now, why I picked it......
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by kris
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Cuz it was there?
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Phantom Button
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It's the name my wife shouts at me.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by len
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Anyone who meets me understands immediately.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by CreadurMawnOrganig
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It doesn't worry me that people know my full name. I like meeting people from this site at sessions and I guess my "username"makes it easier.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Conán McDonnell
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I live in the American South, and I play whistle sometimes.
But my chosen instrument is actually flute....
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Whistlin'Dixie
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JerryH told me to.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by Ottery
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NOT the longest thread ever.... and yes, i know it's a terrible username...I would really like to change it but i'm feeling particularly brain dead at the moment and cannot think of anything better. maybe i will start another discussion and ask for everyones' advice on a "cool" username.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by BE
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Because it was on my birth certificate, although I guess I ought to use a pseudonym as I play monster PA and loud Anglo.
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by geoffwright
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I play a castagnari dinn2
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by dinn2
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I used to play in a folk/rock band and we played for a lot of ceilidhs. Our parting shot was to hold a dancing competition of fiddle versus dancers. The last one still going after five rounds of a tune won a massive bar of chocolate. What the dancers didn't realise was that I was never going to let that chocolate escape and therefore the tune got faster and faster until there was not one dancer still standing. At which point the fire extinguishers were brought on to put out the burning bow. Simple really!
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by bowburner
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Drone: the somewhat pointless male (bee) sponges off the hive until the queen uses him for her own selfish sexual purposes, and then, unprepared to the utmost, he is driven out to his impending death. Also a single (mono) tone that goes on and on... and on ...and on... I could go on, but...
# Posted on February 10th 2007 by drone
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
Mine would be a reference to my hair color and temperament. Fiery and feisty.
Yes, the setting that I am playing, of your favorite tune, is THE definitive one that was handed down for 100 generations ;0)
# Posted on February 11th 2007 by red_tiger
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
I am (was) a right handed fiddler. Had to quit playing for a while because of a focal dystonia problem.
Switched hands and started all over again.
So I'm a lefty now.
# Posted on February 11th 2007 by leftynow
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
Let's keep this going a bit longer. We haven't even had half the regular posters in here yet
Mine is boring but with a name like mine you don't need a nickname
# Posted on February 12th 2007 by Donough
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
fair enough donough!
me? well, i didnt want to use my own name but (like many others) i happen to lack imagination when trying to sign up for stuff... so it's leenie, short for kathleen, which my friends have called me ever since they found out that was my name instead of what most school ppl call me....
lost yet? sorry, my typing is like that! keep the long post going
and ptarmy, if this isnt the longest post, what is? im curious!
# Posted on February 12th 2007 by leenie
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
Well, the last 2 letters have changed several times to indicate where I'm living at the moment. I actually had to look up my own profile to remember my current one how to log on. Sad. Have to come up with a new one for Baltimore soon...
# Posted on February 12th 2007 by emily_bmore
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
leenie - the longest post must surely be "Dose anyone like bodhrans" which entertained us all in December. Consequently lots of threads started off with "Dose..." - your chance to add the one thousand and fifty-fourth comment (!) at http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/11933
# Posted on February 12th 2007 by RichardB
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
It wasn't me, it was three other fellas and anyway, she enjoyed it.
# Posted on February 12th 2007 by Innocent Bystander
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
"Watch out for the Joes. They live down near the river. The father is called Humpy Joe and he has horns coming out of his head. His eldest son is called Ampy Joe, he's the best of them. But you wouldn't want to meet Humpy - so STAY AWAY FROM THE RIVER!"
That's what my mother told me.
# Posted on February 13th 2007 by ampyjoe
There's two parts to my name. Together, we are one. I go by dogma.
-dogma
# Posted on February 14th 2007 by dogmageek
Re: Dose anyone like bodhrans?
Made-ya-look! ha ha
# Posted on February 14th 2007 by Phantom Button
Re: Dose anyone like bodhrans?
Nice one Jack
# Posted on February 14th 2007 by ethical blend
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
why I aughta !
# Posted on February 14th 2007 by BegF
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
Bren cos it's quicker to type in than Brendan, it's what my family call me and there's probably a Brendan or two here already
# Posted on August 20th 2007 by Bren
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
To differentiate me from my erudite ,deadly serious,and boring cousin Pukka.
# Posted on November 8th 2007 by duffgen
Re: Usernames - Why you use the one you do?
And I thought it was your machine-gun-style wit, Bren.
# Posted on November 8th 2007 by Rudall the time